Beast of Blood, A Detached Head and a Mad Scientist...and Babes

Eddie Romero may be one of the greatest Filipino film makers ever. Today's feature picks up where BRIDES OF BLOOD left off. Decapitations, a ruthless mad-scientist, island babes wearing very little and engaging in pre-marital sex, and a handsome square-jawed hero are present in this one too, Many of us who have tried grafting someone's head onto someone else's body will be able to relate to this plot. Now we look at 1970's "Beast of Blood," directed by Eddie Romero.

Dr. Bill Foster (John Ashley) barely got off Blood Island alive with his nubile islander babe. Uh oh...an axe wielding monster also got on the boat and kills everyone on board including the babe...and the ship blows up. Two survivors, Bill and...the monster. Bill is rescued at sea and nursed back to health. He returns to the island to find out about the fiend that killed his babe. The fiend made it back to the island and is promptly decapitated by the surviving mad-scientist, Dr. Lorca (Eddie Garcia). Accompanying Bill is a reporter, Myra (Celeste Yarnell). She's a babe. Meeting Bill on the island is the tribe who he lived with...including the chief's daughter Laida (Liza Belmonte).She's a babe. Both babes will try to have pre-marital sex with the grouchy Bill...but he refuses...for now.

Okay. Lorca has the monster in his lab. His head is in a machine against the wall and the body is on a gurney. He taunts and teases the thing which he keeps alive. Beware, the head is learning to control his detached body...and promises revenge. Lorca abducts natives, cuts their heads off, and tries to put them on the detached body. So far, unsuccessfully. Bill finds out Lorca is still alive and has abducted Myra. The mad scientist wants Myra to give him a child...or watch while she has pre-marital sex with Bill. Bill shows up and is appalled. Laida mounts an army of islanders to invade Lorca's mansion. Lorca also continues to taunt the detached head...which will probably not end well. Finally, Bill will give Myra pre-marital sex...I'm sure he was disappointing.

What will be Lorca's fate if the detached head is able to fully control the detached body? Will Laida pull out Myra's hair and scratch out her eyes when she finds out Bill had sex with her first? If he survives, could Dr. Lorca find work at a major pharmaceutical company (or the CDC)? This is a bloody one with a lot of gratuitous islander babe scenes. For a neat film for date night, see "Beast of Blood."

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